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E. L. HYDE.

Patented Aug. 8, 1916.

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ELIBERT L. HYDE, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE SPIRELLACOMPANY, OF MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

GARMENT-STAY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Au 8, 1916.

Application filed July 21, 1914. Serial No. 852,258.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it lmown that I, ELBERT L. HYDE, a resident of Pittsburgh, in thecounty of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Garment-Stays, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to garment stays, and particularly to wire staysfor use in corsets or other like articles of wearing apparel.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple garment stay of thecharacter described which can be readily manufactured, which isflexible, strong and resilient, which includes a long length of wire ina stay of given dimensions, and which does not con centrate the bendingeifect at localpoints so that wear is distributed over a long length ofwire and the stay is not liable to take a permanent set when subjectedto short bends.

The invention comprises the stay hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 represents a face view of one form of stayembodying the invention; Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof; and Fig. 3 is aview corresponding to Fig. 1 and illustrating a modified form of theinvention.

The stay shown in the drawings is formed of wire, and in the embodimentsillustrated is formed of a single wire 1 which is bent back and forthacross the stay alternately from edge to edge thereof to form a seriesof loops or eyes 2 lying along the edges of the stay and connected bytransverse portions or crossings marked 3 and 4 respectively. Thecrossings are of two kinds which alternate with each other. Thecrossings 3 of one set are substantially straight or may be slightlycurved from edge to edge of the stay and lie substantially normal to itslength, while the crossings 4 of the other set are sinuous and include alonger length of wire than the crossings 3. The loops or eyes 2 areconsequently alternately disposed in progressive arrangement along theedges of the stay and each of said loops is provided with an extension 5which extends toward one end of the stay and may also be returned uponthe main portion of the loop toward the center line of the stay. Prefer-Copies of this patent may be obtained for ably, the extensions 5 of theloops along opposite edges of the stay extend toward opposite ends ofsaid stay.

All of the wire of the stay may lie in the same flat plane, which is thecase with the stay shown in Fig. 3. If desired, however, the extensionof each loop along the edges of the stay may overlap the next adjacentcrossing portion thereof, as indicated at 6 in Fig. 2 which mutuallybraces successive portions of the stay upon each other and reinforces itagainst bending strains, particularly in the fiatwise direction.

The stay described is simple and may be readily-manufactured, isflexible in all directions, and contains a long length of wire in a stayof given dimensions, so that it is durable and is not liable to take apermanent set when subjected to short bends.

What I claim is 1. A garment stay, comprising wire bent back and forthin sinuous form from edge to edge of the stay to form a series of loopsor eyes lying along the edges of the stay and connected by transverseportions or crossings, alternate crossings being respectively sinuousand substantially straight from edge to edge of the stay, the outer endportion of each loop being bent in the plane of the stay toward one endand then inwardly in said plane toward the center line of the stay.

2. A garment stay, comprising wire bent back and forth in sinuous formfrom edge to edge of the stay to form a series of loops or eyes lyingalong the edges of the stay and connected by transverse portions orcrossings, alternate crossings being respectively sinuous andsubstantially straight from edge to edge of the stay, the outer endportion of each loop being bent in the plane of the stay toward one endand then inwardly in said plane toward the center line of the stay, theloops or eyes along opposite edges of the stay being bent toward itsopposite ends.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

ELBERT L. HYDE. l/Vitnesses:

GLENN H. LERESCHE, WILLIAM B. WHARTON.

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